Babak Fakhamzadeh

Babak Fakhamzadeh

Co-founder of walk · listen · create
(Netherlands / Iran / Brazil)

Founder Marŝarto23 shortlisted Online Jury 2022 Online Jury 2023 Online Jury 2024 SWS Grand Jury 2023 SWS23 shortlisted
Babak was working in ICT4D before it had a name (2001), and never really left it. Now, he can help you to get lost.

Babak brought photomarathons to Africa (2007) and won the Highway Africa new media award (2007).
He is the only three-time winner of the UN World Summit Awards; in 2012, 2017, and 2021.
In 2016, together with Agência Pública, he won, and was a runner up for, the Prêmio Jornalístico Vladimir Herzog de Anistia e Direitos Humanos. In 2017, he cooperated on work which was nominated for the Gabriel García Márquez award, and the Prêmio Petrobras de Jornalismo.

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    Saltwater Soundwalk: Indigenous Audio Tour of Seattle (Encore) – Making Contact Radio

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 16 Oct, 2023
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    ‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars | Cities | The Guardian

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 12 Oct, 2023
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    Opinion | The Joys of Walking, Together and Solo – The New York Times

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 10 Oct, 2023
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    Escursione: “Soundwalk a Molina” il 29 ottobre 2023

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 10 Oct, 2023
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    Campus Walking Tour to Traverse Brutalist Heritage and History at UMass Amherst on Oct. 13 : UMass Amherst

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 5 Oct, 2023
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    Walking Through a Songline – Event Information – ArtsHub Australia

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 3 Oct, 2023
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    Colombian activists try to shame city government into fixing broken sidewalks — by painting them pink | The World from PRX

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 28 Sep, 2023
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    Polish women pave all the sidewalks in their village, as council failed to do it | TheMayor.EU

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 28 Sep, 2023
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    Story Fest 2023: Story Walk & Craft Your Own Art Bench – Little Day Out

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 26 Sep, 2023
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    New Walk in the Park app to be celebrated in Nichols Hills

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 26 Sep, 2023
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    A Philosophy of Walking | Frédéric Gros | London Review Bookshop

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 21 Sep, 2023
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    Artwork urges residents to use new walking routes in Thirsk | Darlington and Stockton Times

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 19 Sep, 2023
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    From art to ice cream: a Yelp Elite’s journey along the Atlanta Beltline | Yelp – Official Blog

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 19 Sep, 2023
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    Can you wance? Dancing while walking has become a regular sight in St. Paul

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 19 Sep, 2023
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    Little Amal Begins Her US Walk in Boston – Sampan

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 18 Sep, 2023
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    A time-machine walk through old Hong Kong • l!fe • The Philippine Star

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 18 Sep, 2023
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    Does Nobody Walk in LA?

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 15 Sep, 2023
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    I walked 1,000 miles alone through Europe – and learned that fear is the price of freedom | Walking holidays | The Guardian

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 8 Sep, 2023
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    Walking in the Footsteps of Van Gogh – Splash Magazines

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2 Sep, 2023
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    Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen presents Art Amid the Ruins | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Newsroom

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2 Sep, 2023